This August, as he returns to the UK to curate Southbank Centre’s Meltdown festival, BBC Radio 6 Music celebrates David Byrne with a series of programmes featuring the musician and songwriter. He’ll be co-presenting with Lauren Laverne, interviewed by Gilles Peterson and, making his debut as a 6 Music presenter, he will be presenting his own radio show, a two-hour special on Sunday 23 August.

BBC Asian Network will once again be proudly supporting this year’s Zee London Mela, which takes place on Sunday 6 September. The station today announced on-air the fantastic line-up of the freshest UK and international music talent who will be performing on the BBC Asian Network Stage at the event - Zack Knight, Sama Blake, Jernade Miah and Cold Fever.

BBC Children in Need is delighted to announce that Welsh music legend Sir Tom Jones and fellow countryman Rob Brydon are joining forces for a spectacular night of music and entertainment, all in aid of disadvantaged children across the UK.

The BBC will be broadcasting from around 2,500 football matches across England this season as the Corporation confirms its commitment to delivering live commentary to fans across the regions each week.

Get to know this year's 12 new bakers, as they don their aprons, head for the iconic tent in the heart of the British countryside, and face 30 new challenges that will test their baking prowess, creativity and skill.

Gary Lineker and Match of the Day (MOTD) return to BBC One on Saturday 8 August, heralding the start of the new Premier League season and a host of football content across the BBC. Arsenal legend Ian Wright returns to the team and will take his place alongside Alan Shearer, Danny Murphy, Ruud Gullit, Martin Keown and Jermaine Jenas.

Alan Davey, Controller of BBC Radio 3 announced today [Sunday 26 July] that BBC Introducing Act, Ngawang Lodup’s next engagement, following the BBC Radio 3 Charlie Gillett stage at WOMAD, will be at the 02 arena where the Tibetan former monk will play to thousands at a public talk by the Dalai Lama on 19 September.

This August, BBC Radio 2 will be marking the 50th anniversary of a momentous meeting between Elvis Presley and the young pretenders of pop The Beatles, with a weekend of programmes, including the drama When Elvis Met The Beatles (starring Tom Hughes as John Lennon) a series of documentaries, special features and some great music.

The BBC has today announced BBC Four Goes Nuclear - a season of programmes around the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima. The season leads with the one-off documentary, Britain’s Nuclear Secrets: Inside Sellafield, giving audiences unprecedented access to one of Britain’s most iconic nuclear facilities.

Professor Mary Beard, renowned classicist and TV historian, is to explore what life was like in one of the world’s most extraordinary and iconic archaeological sites, in Pompeii: Life Before Death, a new landmark programme for BBC One.